Appellate Division: Second Judicial Department

M221445

E/ct

RANDALL T. ENG, P.J.

REINALDO E. RIVERA

MARK C. DILLON

RUTH C. BALKIN

JOHN M. LEVENTHAL, JJ.

2016-08640 In the Matter of David J. Garren, admitted as David Jonathan Garren, an attorney and counselor-at-law. (Attorney Registration No. 2346070)

DECISION & ORDER VOLUNTARY RESIGNATION

David J. Garren has submitted an affidavit dated July 26, 2016, wherein he voluntarily resigns from the New York State Bar. Mr. Garren was admitted to the Bar in the State of New York at a term of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Second Judicial Department on June 20, 1990, under the name David Jonathan Garren. There are no complaints or charges of professional misconduct pending against him. Mr. Garren presently resides in Maryland, does not practice law in New York, and, under these circumstances, does not wish to pay the biennial registration fee.

Upon the papers submitted in support of the resignation, it is

ORDERED that the voluntary resignation of David Jonathan Garren is accepted and directed to be filed; and it is further,

ORDERED that the name of David Jonathan Garren is removed from the roll of attorneys and counselors-at-law in the State of New York, without prejudice to an application for reinstatement; and it is further,

ORDERED that pursuant to Judiciary Law § 90, effective immediately, David Jonathan Garren is commanded to desist and refrain from (l) practicing law in any form, either as principal or as agent, clerk, or employee of another in the State of New York, (2) appearing as an attorney or counselor-at-law before any court, Judge, Justice, board, commission, or other public authority in this State, (3) giving to another an opinion as to the law or its application or any advice in relation thereto in this State, and (4) holding himself out in any way as an attorney and counselor-at-law in the State of New York; and it is further,

ORDERED that if David Jonathan Garren has been issued a secure pass by the Office of Court Administration, it shall be returned forthwith to the issuing agency.

ENG, P.J., RIVERA, DILLON, BALKIN and LEVENTHAL, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Aprilanne Agostino

Clerk of the Court